ecoTECH webinars are delivered in partnership with tech companies to showcase the use of emerging technologies within the ecology and conservation sectors. Subjects have included the use of satellite data, bioacoustics monitoring, image recognition algorithms and artificial intelligence.
- Bioacoustics Webinars
- Image Recognition Webinars
- Satellite Data Webinars
- Survey Mapping Webinars
Bioacoustics Webinars
Bioacoustics Webinars are delivered in partnership with Wilder Sensing and focus on how the soundscape can be recorded using acoustic monitors and analysed using AI to help us understand bird populations over time.
How Can We Use Sound to Measure Biodiversity?
- How Can We Use Sound to Measure Nature? with Geoff Carss (Wilder Sensing)
- Using Sound to Understand How Biodiversity is Changing: The Story of Honeygar with Joe Hampson (Somerset Wildlife Trust)
Mastering Bioacoustic Bird Surveys
- Bioacoustics Recorders 101 with Paul Howden-Leach (Wildlife Acoustics)
- Designing Bioacoustics Surveys with Geoff Carss (Wilder Sensing)
- Understanding and Interpreting Your Bioacoustics Data with Cat Scutts (Wilder Sensing)
AI-powered Bioacoustics with BirdNET
- BirdNET: Advancing Conservation with AI-Powered Sound ID with Dr Stefan Kahl (Cornell Lab of Ornithology and Chemnitz University)
- A Scalable Platform for Ecological Monitoring with Lorenzo Trojan (Wilder Sensing)
Can Passive Acoustic Monitoring of Birds Replace Site Surveys?
- Innovative Technology To Support Ecologists with Geoff Carss (Wilder Sensing)
- An Ecologist’s Perspective with Kate Downes (Ethos Environmental Planning)
Bioacoustics for Regenerative Agriculture
- Wendling Beck: The Story with Alex Begg (Wendling Beck)
- Wendling Beck: The Data with Dave Appleton (Wendling Beck)
Image Recognition Webinars
Image Recognition Webinars are delivered in partnership with the UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology and look at how machine learning can be trained and potentially used to identify species from photographs.
Earthworm Image Recognition Project
- Photographing Britain’s Earthworms with Keiron Derek Brown (Biological Recording Company)
- Algorithm: EarthwormID with Dr Tom August (UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology)
Satellite Data Webinars
Satellite Data Webinars are delivered in partnership with Map Impact on showcase how spatial data gathered by satellites can be used to monitor a host of different factors – such as habitat condition, water quality and climate.
Climate Change, Biodiversity & Natural Capital
- Conservation & Restoration in a Changing Climate with Prof Jim Harris (Cranfield University)
- Integrating Climate Resilience with BNG with Julia Baker (Mott MacDonald)
- Understanding and Empowering Change with Chris Burnett (Map Impact)
Windermere’s Water Quality
- Windermere’s Water Quality: Invertebrate Insights with Dr Sam Green (WildFish)
- The Health of Windermere: A Satellite Perspective with Richard Flemmings (Map Impact)
Local Nature Recovery Strategies
- Cumbria LNRS: Challenges and Opportunities with Megan Lindeman (Westmorland and Furness Council)
- The London LNRS: The Journey So Far with Francis Castro (Greater London Authority)
- Supporting and Designing an LNRS using BiodiversityView with Chris Burnett (Map Impact)
Can Satellite Imagery Data Be Used For BNG?
- The Role of Satellite Data in Biodiversity Net Gain with Dr Dan Carpenter (Digital Ecology)
- Satellites for Environmental Monitoring: Advantages and Limitations with Richard Flemmings (Map Impact)
Survey mapping Webinars
Survey Mapping webinars are delivered in partnership with Natural Apptitude and focus on how their Coreo platform can be used to collect and manage data digitally.
Smarter Surveying: Digital Solutions for UKHab and BNG Surveys (04 Sep 2025)
- Streamlining UKHab & BNG Surveys with Coreo with Dave Kilbey (Natural Apptitude)
- From Field Notes to Fully Digital: Embracing Coreo for UKHab & BNG Surveys with Owen Crawshaw (The Ecology Co-op)
Information and costs for partners
Are you a tech company that would like to partner with us to showcase your products through one of our ecoTECH webinars? If so, check our our ecoTECH Webinars: Information For Customers document below and email us at info@biologicalrecording.co.uk to discuss ecoTECH webinars further.
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